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Re-derivation of the sensitivities of all of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) observing modes were required after major updates were introduced to the model atmospheres of the three primary standard stars. The new predicted…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-17 Amy M. Jones , Svea Hernandez , Joleen K. Carlberg , Daniel Welty

The STIS team re-derived on-orbit sensitivity curves for the echelle modes for post-servicing mission 4 observations using the standard DA white dwarf G 191-B2B. These new updates relied on the recent CALSPECv11 models, which introduced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-05 Svea Hernandez , TalaWanda Monroe , Joleen K. Carlberg

The STIS team monitors the time dependent sensitivity (TDS) of each grating with one from a set of three secondary CALSPEC standard stars: GRW+70D5824, AGK+81D266, and BD+28D4211. Here, we use the three primary CALSPEC White Dwarf standard…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 Daniel Stapleton , Svea Hernandez

CONTEXT: The second Gaia data release (DR2) took place on April 2018. DR2 included photometry for more than 1.3 10^9 sources in G, BP, and RP. Even though Gaia DR2 photometry is very precise, there are currently three alternative…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 J. Maíz Apellániz , M. Weiler

We present a new photometric calibration of the WFC3-UVIS and WFC3-IR detectors based on observations collected from 2009 to 2020 for four white dwarfs, namely GRW+70~5824, GD~153, GD~71, G191B2B, and a G-type star, P330E. These…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 A. Calamida , V. Bajaj , J. Mack , M. Marinelli , J. Medina , A. Pidgeon , V. Kozhurina-Platais , C. Shanahan , D. Som

Fainter standard stars are essential for the calibration of larger telescopes. This work adds to the CALSPEC (calibration spectra) database 19 faint white dwarfs (WDs) with all-sky coverage and V magnitudes between 16.5 and 18.7. Included…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-15 Ralph C. Bohlin , Susana Deustua , Gautham Narayan , Abhijit Saha , Annalisa Calamida , Karl D. Gordon , Jay B. Holberg , Ivan Hubeny , Thomas Matheson , Armin Rest

Recent improvements to stellar atmospheric models have merited updated flux calibration for high priority STIS observing modes. Specifically, in the FUV and NUV, continuum differences of 1-3% are present between the newest models…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Matthew R. Siebert , Joleen K. Carlberg , Svea Hernandez , TalaWanda Monroe

In this poster we present three developments related to the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS). First, we are making public the first version of MGB, an IDL code that allows the user to compare oberved spectra to a grid of…

In this study, colour-magnitude relations (CMRs) for DA-type white dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric system were investigated. For this purpose, the SDSS data for 20,247 white dwarf stars, as provided in the study by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-01 O. Caliskan , S Gokmen

The flight calibration of the spectral response of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) below 1.5 keV is difficult because of the lack of strong lines in the calibration source on-board the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We have been…

We present new time-dependent inverse sensitivities for the WFC3/IR channel. These were calculated using the sensitivity change slopes measured by \citet{2024wfc..rept....6M} and photometry of five CALSPEC standards (the white dwarfs…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Annalisa Calamida , Mariarosa Marinelli , Varun Bajaj , Aidan Pidgeon , Jennifer Mack

As one of the best ground-based photometric dataset, Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) has been widely used as the reference to calibrate other surveys. In this work, we present an independent validation and re-calibration of the PS1 photometry using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Kai Xiao , Haibo Yuan

With the advent of large spectroscopic surveys, automated stellar parameter determination has become commonplace. Nevertheless, spectral classification still offers a quick and useful alternative for obtaining parameter estimates for large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-16 Ignacio Negueruela , Sergio Simón-Díaz , Abel de Burgos , Alba Casasbuenas , Paul G. Beck

In this series of two papers we describe a project with STIS on HST to measure the line-of-sight velocities of stars in the central few arcsec of the dense globular cluster M15. This first paper focuses on the observations and reduction of…

Modern spectroscopic surveys combined with Gaia distances are enabling reliable estimates of fundamental parameters for hundreds of Galactic O-type stars and the full range of spectral types and luminosity classes. Here we provide updated,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 G. Holgado , S. Simón-Díaz , A. Herrero

White dwarfs are the final stage for most low and intermediate mass stars, which plays an important role in understanding stellar evolution and galactic history. Here we performed an asteroseismological analysis on TIC 231277791 based on 10…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-04 Zhikao Yao , Yanhui Chen , Mengyao Tang

The STIS echelle gratings can be used with a variety of different central wavelength settings. "Secondary" wavelength settings, designed to cover select absorption or emission lines, have not been calibrated as precisely as their primary…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Matthew R. Siebert , TalaWanda Monroe , Svea Hernandez

The regular behavior of the pulsations of high-amplitude Delta Sct (HADS) stars gives a greater chance to investigate the interiors of stars. We analyzed seven HADS stars showing peak-to-peak amplitudes of more than 0.3 mag that were newly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-09 Fatemeh Vasigh , Elham Ziaali , Hossein Safari

In February, 1997, the second Space Shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Observatory will install the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). This new instrument will greatly enhance the spectroscopic capabilities of the Hubble…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael D. Gregg , Dante Minniti

A systematic programme of calibration observations was carried out to monitor the performance of the SPIRE FTS instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory. Observations of planets (including the prime point-source calibrator,…

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